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1. vúra    nîinamich    pa'ásip    Intensive    little    the.cup

   The cup is little. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

2. xás    uxuti    kunish    yíim    nîinamich    papúufich    xás    póo'uum    xás    vúra    uum    pufíchkaam    then    he.thought    sort.of    far    little    the.deer    then    when.he.got.there    then    Intensive    3.SG    big.deer

   And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer. Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

3. uxúti    nîinamich    papúufich    káru    uum    vúra    yíiv    sáruk    xás    he.thought    little    the.deer    also    3.SG    Intensive    far    downhill    then

   He thought the deer was small because it was way down the hill. Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

4. pi'êepvari    kári    naa    nîinamich    kunípeenti    chími    pimnîishi    long.ago    then    1sg.    little    they.used.to.say    soon    cook

   Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!” Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

5. naa    vúra    nîinamich    víri    ûum    vúra    ni'áfishrih    pastovetop    1sg.    Intensive    little    so    barely    Intensive    I.touch.it    the.stove.top

   I was just little, I could barely reach the stove top. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

6. kóova    nîinamich    so    little

   I was so little. (chuckle) Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

7. kári    vúra    naa    nîinamich    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    payêem    naa    uum    púfaat    neekyâatihara    then    Intensive    1sg.    little    so    so    because.of    now    1sg.    3.SG    nothing    I.cannot.do

   I was little then (chuckle), but now I can’t do anything. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

8. ithâan    mít    káru    naa    kári    nîinamich    nanítaat    upiip    sáruk    nivâarameesh    ka'tim'íin    once    near.past    also    1sg.    then    little    my.mother    she.said    downhill    I.am.about.to.go    Ishi.Pishi.Falls

   Once, I was also still little, my mother said, "I'm going downhill, to Katimin. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

9. manâa    naa    mít    káru    nîinamich    itíhaan    áhup    nukyâati    pananitípa    xákaan    áhup    núkpaakti    maybe    1sg.    near.past    also    little    always    wood    we.were.gathering    my.brother    both    wood    we.were.chopping

   Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

10. kári    xás    upiip    ipnîinamichpi    ipnîinamichpi    then    then    he.said    become.little.again!    become.little.again!

    And he said, "Get little, get little!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

11. kári    xás    kun'áv    papúufich    niinamíchmahich    kun'av    ipa    u'áxupfurukat    then    then    they.ate    the.deer    a.little.bit.of.each    they.ate    PAST    he.brought.dressed.deermeat.inside

    Then they ate the deer, they ate a little bit of each, which he had brought in dressed. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

12. xás    vúra    nîinamich    pooyrúhahiti    pamú'aan    then    Intensive    little    that.it.was.coiled    his.string

    And his string was coiled just small. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

13. ta'ítam    uksáheen    pamaruk'áraar    uxus    íf    nîinamich    paxákaan    nuvúunveesh    so    he.laughed    the.giant    he.thought    truly    little    for.together    we.are.going.to.wrestle

    And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

14. xás    vúra    uum    nîinamich    pamúpaah    then    Intensive    3.SG    little    his.boat

    His boat was just small. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

15. vúra    uum    nîinamich    pamúpaah    Intensive    3.SG    little    his.boat

    His boat was just little. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

16. xás    upiip    pûu    naa    vúra    pananípaa    nîinamich    hôoy    íf    nuyâaheesh    then    he.said    no    1sg.    Intensive    my.boat    little    where    truly    we.will.fit

    And he said, "No, my boat is little, we won't fit. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

17. xás    kári    vúra    nîinamich    tu'árihish    then    then    Intensive    little    it.became

    Then it became small. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text